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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by jesushax on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:55PM (#32266980)
>But social media is basically letting everyone have a voice in the conversation

Me and Elon Musk both have "a voice" but one reaches much farther than the other. It's like saying capitalism is true democracy because everyone can vote with their wallet. Or as a farm animal once put it "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others"

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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by lalaland1125 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:59PM (#32267049)
People like Elon have an expanded reach due to their huge number of followers, but the neat thing about social media is that there are a lot of normal people who can also get a bunch of followers.

People like Hasan, Destiny, or Popehat have a pretty much unprecedented amount of reach for "normal people".

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